Ezekiel 38 - Prayer Tents

A Message for Gog

38This is another message that came to me from the Lord:H1697H3068H559 2“Son of man, turn and face Gog of the land of Magog, the prince who rules over the nations of Meshech and Tubal, and prophesy against him.H1121H120H7760H6440H1463H776H4031H7218H5387H4902H8422H5012 3Give him this message from the Sovereign Lord: Gog, I am your enemy!H559H559H136H3069H1463H7218H5387H4902H8422 4I will turn you around and put hooks in your jaws to lead you out with your whole army—your horses and charioteers in full armor and a great horde armed with shields and swords.H7725H5414H2397H3895H3318H2428H5483H6571H3847H4358H7227H6951H6793H4043H8610H2719 5Persia, Ethiopia, and Libya will join you, too, with all their weapons.H6539H3568H6316H4043H3553 6Gomer and all its armies will also join you, along with the armies of Beth-togarmah from the distant north, and many others.H1586H102H1004H8425H6828H3411H102H7227H5971 7“Get ready; be prepared! Keep all the armies around you mobilized, and take command of them.H3559H3559H6951H6950H4929 8A long time from now you will be called into action. In the distant future you will swoop down on the land of Israel, which will be enjoying peace after recovering from war and after its people have returned from many lands to the mountains of Israel.H7227H3117H6485H319H8141H935H776H7725H2719H6908H7227H5971H2022H3478H8548H2723H3318H5971H3427H983 9You and all your allies—a vast and awesome army—will roll down on them like a storm and cover the land like a cloud.H5927H935H7722H6051H3680H776H102H7227H5971 10“This is what the Sovereign Lord says: At that time evil thoughts will come to your mind, and you will devise a wicked scheme.H559H136H3069H3117H1697H5927H3824H2803H7451H4284 11You will say, ‘Israel is an unprotected land filled with unwalled villages! I will march against her and destroy these people who live in such confidence!H559H5927H776H6519H935H8252H3427H983H3427H2346H1280H1817 12I will go to those formerly desolate cities that are now filled with people who have returned from exile in many nations. I will capture vast amounts of plunder, for the people are rich with livestock and other possessions now. They think the whole world revolves around them!’H7997H7998H962H957H7725H3027H2723H3427H5971H622H1471H6213H4735H7075H3427H2872H776 13But Sheba and Dedan and the merchants of Tarshish will ask, ‘Do you really think the armies you have gathered can rob them of silver and gold? Do you think you can drive away their livestock and seize their goods and carry off plunder?’H7614H1719H5503H8659H3715H559H935H7997H7998H6950H6951H962H957H5375H3701H2091H3947H4735H7075H7997H1419H7998 14“Therefore, son of man, prophesy against Gog. Give him this message from the Sovereign Lord: When my people are living in peace in their land, then you will rouse yourself.H1121H120H5012H559H1463H559H136H3069H3117H5971H3478H3427H983H3045 15You will come from your homeland in the distant north with your vast cavalry and your mighty army,H935H4725H6828H3411H7227H5971H7392H5483H1419H6951H7227H2428 16and you will attack my people Israel, covering their land like a cloud. At that time in the distant future, I will bring you against my land as everyone watches, and my holiness will be displayed by what happens to you, Gog. Then all the nations will know that I am the Lord.H5927H5971H3478H6051H3680H776H319H3117H935H776H1471H3045H6942H1463H5869 17“This is what the Sovereign Lord asks: Are you the one I was talking about long ago, when I announced through Israel’s prophets that in the future I would bring you against my people?H559H136H3069H1696H6931H3117H3027H5650H5030H3478H5012H3117H8141H935 18But this is what the Sovereign Lord says: When Gog invades the land of Israel, my fury will boil over!H3117H3117H1463H935H127H3478H5002H136H3069H2534H5927H639 19In my jealousy and blazing anger, I promise a mighty shaking in the land of Israel on that day.H7068H784H5678H1696H3117H1419H7494H127H3478 20All living things—the fish in the sea, the birds of the sky, the animals of the field, the small animals that scurry along the ground, and all the people on earth—will quake in terror at my presence. Mountains will be thrown down; cliffs will crumble; walls will fall to the earth.H1709H3220H5775H8064H2416H7704H7431H7430H127H120H6440H127H7493H6440H2022H2040H4095H5307H2346H5307H776 21I will summon the sword against you on all the hills of Israel, says the Sovereign Lord. Your men will turn their swords against each other.H7121H2719H2022H5002H136H3069H376H2719H251 22I will punish you and your armies with disease and bloodshed; I will send torrential rain, hailstones, fire, and burning sulfur!H8199H1698H1818H4305H102H7227H5971H7857H1653H417H68H784H1614 23In this way, I will show my greatness and holiness, and I will make myself known to all the nations of the world. Then they will know that I am the Lord.H1431H6942H3045H5869H7227H1471H3045H3068